Scientometric Evaluation Research Articles

How do decision-makers in academic promotion perceive the novel scientometric evaluation in Egypt?

Abstract Research evaluation (RE) has experienced a major global transformation prompted by the emergence and increasing usage of digital citation platforms such as the Web of Science and Scopus, opening up avenues for scientometric evaluation (SE). This relatively novel evaluation method represents an essential pillar for the scientific committees for promotion in Egypt. Following previous recommendations to scrutinize RE systems in their sociocultural contexts, this study attempted to understand the SE perceptions held by these committees’ decision-makers. The study questionnaire was designed to incorporate all factors influencing SE perception and the characteristics of the chairpersons and their committees. Approximately 94% of respondents expressed positive SE perception, suggesting this evaluation’s success and continued use. The significant differences between responses explored were attributed to the international scientific performance of the chairpersons and most of the committees’ characteristics, including specialization and publication pattern and language. Despite the positive trend, some results indicated a degree of resistance to the new evaluation method, particularly in the social sciences, including the arts and humanities. The findings should interest evaluators and policy analysts in the Egyptian higher education and scientific research sector and other countries striving to internationalize this sector and improve the climate of research integrity. Comparable investigations can also utilize the reviewed and validated study instrument.

Scientometric evaluation of cutting‐edge research on sustainable development and environmental concern

AbstractSustainable development is an emerging field worldwide; given sustainable development, environmental concern is a significant and critical area. An attempt was made in this study to investigate the research areas and patterns associated with the growth of publication and citation growth related to sustainable development and environmental concerns. As a result of the download of 2258 publication details from the SCOPUS database, research data was downloaded and analyzed based on Vosviewer software by downloading and analyzing the research data. In the analysis of sustainable development and environmental concerns, scientometric analyses were conducted based on co‐authorship, keyword occurrence, bibliographic coupling, and co‐citation to visualize the results of the scientometric analysis.

Bibliometric Analysis of 100 Most Cited Articles in Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region on Implant Prosthodontics.

This study aims to conduct a comprehensive analysis and scientometric evaluation of the top 100 most cited publications in the field of implant prosthodontics, authored by individuals affiliated with nations of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. In October 2023, the 100 most cited articles were gathered from the Web of Science database using the bibliometric research technique. The analysis was conducted on bibliometric indicators, including the distribution of articles over time, authorship, design of study, field of study, nature of research, contribution from various countries in MENA, international research collaboration, and most frequently used keywords by authors. Chi-square and one-way analysis of variance were used for statistical analysis. VOSviewer software was used to analyze the bibliometric network for co-occurrence among countries, coauthors, and common keywords. The results revealed that the top 100 most cited articles from MENA countries on the topic of implant prosthodontics, published between 1995 and 2020, had received an average of 73.31 citations each. About one-third of the papers were published in the top 4 journals. The journal with the most published articles was Clinical Oral Implant Research, followed by the International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Implants, the International Journal of Prosthodontics, and the Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Saudi Arabia had the distinction of producing the greatest number of highly cited papers. The co-occurrence network analysis using VOSviewer software identified 10-15 related clusters. Research studies with multiple authors received significantly more citations (P < 0.05). Significant relationships were observed between the number of citations and journal type (open access vs. non-open access; P < 0.05), and also articles published in dental journals received the most citations and were statistically significant (P = 0.001). Over the last decade, there has been a significant surge in research related to implant prosthodontics. Among the countries in the MENA region, Saudi Arabia has distinguished itself by leading in terms of overall research output. This resource would benefit academicians, clinicians, and researchers in prosthodontics, oral surgery, and periodontic specialties of dentistry.

Opportunities to Increase the Efficiency of Universities’ Research and Innovation Activities: Scientometric Evaluation of Researchers' Work under External Information Constraints

The development of research and innovation should be a strategic direction of state policy in the sphere of education. This imposes additional functions connected not only with fundamental and applied research, which is the traditional type of research work of universities, but also with the inclusion of universities' research activities into the unified innovation process of the creation and practical application of new knowledge to obtain new goods or services with new properties. The aim of the article is to determine the ability of international scientometric databases to assess the research and innovation activity of Russian universities. The key research method is regression analysis used to establish the relationship between the Hirsch index values for research papers in the Scopus and Google Scholar databases. The paper shows the possibility and expediency of using Google Scholar to evaluate the results of research and innovation activities of medical universities' faculty. This allows increasing the efficiency of the scientometric evaluation of researchers under external information constraints. This corresponds well to the principles of functioning of an entrepreneurial university. The advantage of Google Scholar is the consideration of Russian-language publications in the indexing.

Is there a “difference-in-difference”? The impact of scientometric evaluation on the evolution of international publications in Egyptian universities and research centres

Adopting scientometric evaluation in the context of academic promotion has been one of the recent reforms in Egyptian higher education geared towards boosting scientific excellence and global exposure. This type of evaluation awards higher points to works published in Web of Science journals. The objective here is to investigate the hypothesis that this procedure leads to the intensification of international publications and shifts in publication patterns in Egyptian universities compared to research centres that are not subject to the regulations employing this type of evaluation. The requisite research data were extracted from Clarivate's InCites for 45 universities and 43 research centres from 1996 to 2021 and analysed using the difference-in-difference approach. The findings show a generally positive effect on WoS publications. That is, significant differences are observed for all variables examined for universities (total publications, subjects, types, and journal quartiles), whereas this evaluation had some spillover effects on research centres. This proves the significance of the evaluation in fostering international productivity. The outputs would be of interest to policy-makers who are planning to promote and broaden the scope of this novel technique in research assessment. The present study may also stimulate future comparisons with other countries applying this type of evaluation.

A Scientometric Evaluation of COVID-19 and Male Reproductive Research.

The COVID-19 pandemic due to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus showed acute and prolonged effects on human health. In addition, over the past four years, there has been a tremendous surge in COVID-19-related scientific publications, as shown by bibliometric and scientometric studies. However, such analysis of the scientific literature is lacking in the area of male reproduction. The current scientometric study analyzes publication characteristics of articles related to male reproduction and COVID-19 infection. We used the Scopus database to analyze scientometric data (the number of publications, journals, countries, type of documents, and subject area) related to COVID-19 and male reproductive research. Our literature search identified 345 articles related to COVID-19 and male reproductive research. Most of the articles were published in the USA (n = 72), Italy (n = 55), and China (n = 51). Such research was mainly focused around medicine (57.1%), followed by biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology (25.7%). Also, in the area of male reproduction, only 37.1% (n = 128) of the articles contributed towards original research, whereas 52.8% (n = 182) were review articles and editorials focusing more on sexual dysfunction than infertility. Such a small number of studies published on COVID-19-related effects on male reproduction warrants a significant increase in research, which is required to decipher the mechanism(s) underlying SARS-CoV-2 infection-associated impairment of male reproductive function.

Interdisciplinary Discourse and Improvement of Scientometric Indicators as Trends in the Development of the “Bibliotekovedenie” Journal

The article presents an overview of the meeting of the Editorial Council and the Editorial Board of the “Bibliotekovedenie” journal, held on May 17, 2023 at the Russian State Library. Changes in the place and status of a scientific specialty “5.10.4. Library science, bibliography, bibliology” in the nomenclature of the Higher Attestation Commission (HAC) led to the need to revise the content of the policy of forming the scientific content of the journal in the direction of strengthening the interdisciplinary synthesis of the specialty with the humanities and social sciences. At the same time, the development of a domestic system of scientometric evaluation of journals, adequate to modern needs and based on the realities and traditions of Russian education and science, as well as organizational innovations of the HAC concerning the activities of expert and dissertation councils, require rethinking the ways and formats of content submission, approaches to the selection of authors of the publication and their qualifications. The interdependence of these trends necessitates the analysis of their components and discussion by experts of the strategy and tactics of the editorial policy of the “Bibliotekovedenie” journal for the period up to 2030.The article identifies the main scientific directions, interdisciplinary synthesis with which will not only significantly enrich library science, but also help to reveal its trends in accordance with the request of the current stage of society development.The expansion of the research field determined by the decision of the HAC actualized the need for a deep cultural understanding of library science, bibliography and book studies, as well as the development of appropriate methodology. The realities of modern life urgently require the inclusion of a geopolitical aspect in the research space of library science, which contributes to the substantiation of the importance of the library as the main institution of cultural identity and the preservation of the written heritage of the peoples of Russia and the world. The role of the journal in the development of scientific communications, strengthening regional ties and supporting library education in Russia was also noted.The results of the discussion will form the basis of the editorial policy of the journal and will be used in the activities of the editorial board.

Scientometric evaluation of the global research in acne disease

Scientometric evaluation of the global research in acne disease

Analysis of Research Publication on Logistics at the Time of COVID-19: A Scientometric Study

Abstract: Coronaviruses have a wide range of health, mobility, and economic consequences. The Coronavirus pandemic is an unprecedented incident that has drawn the attention of the general public to supply chain management. It caused severe interruptions between 2020 and 2022. Despite the importance and size of the impact of coronaviruses on research performance across time, the literature on comprehensive coronavirus-related research performance is limited. This study aimed at a scientometric evaluation of bibliographic facts associated with the supply chain during the pandemic, and data related to it was extracted from PubMed between January 2020 and December 2022. The purpose of this research is to examine scientometric methods such as frequency distribution, percentage analysis, relative growth rate, doubling time, and degree of collaboration. We have obtained a total of 116 publications during this study period, and a maximum of 26 (22.4%) contributions were made in the months of May to August 2021. The relative growth rate is declining, and the doubling time is increasing between May to August 2021. Scientifically analysing and comprehending bibliographic facts associated with the supply chain during the COVID-19 pandemic as widely as possible can also assist society in being better prepared for future pandemic breakouts, ultimately supporting informed decision-making in light of societal values. The authors highly advocate the recent COVID-19 epidemic as a call for greater collaborative, worldwide research.

Bibliometric analysis, scientometrics and metasynthesis of Internet of Things (IoT) in smart buildings

PurposeThe Internet of Things has made the shift to the digital era possible, even though the Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) sector has not embraced nor integrated it within the core functions compared to other sectors. The need to enhance sustainable construction with the adoption of Internet of Things in this sector cannot be overemphasized. However, the real-world applications of Internet of Things in smart buildings remain relatively unexplored in the AEC sector due to several issues related to deployment and energy-saving potentials. Given these challenges, this paper proposes to identify the present state of development and research in Internet of Things and smart buildings, identify Internet of Things clusters and applications in smart buildings.Design/methodology/approachBibliometric analyses of papers from 2010 to 2023 using the Scopus database and scientometric evaluations using the VosViewer software were undertaken. The proper search keyword was identified by using the phrases “ Internet of Things” and “Smart Building”. A total of 1158 documents in all, written by 3540 different writers, representing 2285 different institutions from 97 different countries were looked at. A metasynthesis was conducted and a system of Internet of Things applications in a smart building is illustrated.FindingsThe development of IoT and Smart Buildings is done in two phases: initiation (2010–2012) and development phase (2013–2023). The IoT clusters comprised Internet of things, energy efficiency, intelligent buildings, smart buildings and automation; while the most commonly used applications were analysed and established. The study also determined the productive journals, documents, authors and countries.Research limitations/implicationsDocuments published in the Scopus database from 2010 to 2023 were considered for the bibliometric analysis. Journal articles, conference papers, reviews, books and book chapters written in English language represent the inclusion criteria, while articles in press, conference reviews, letters, editorials, undefined sources and all medical and health publications were excluded.Practical implicationsThe results of this study will be used by construction stakeholders and policymakers to identify key themes and applications in IoT-enabled smart buildings and to guide future research in the policymaking process of asset management.Originality/valueThe study utilised bibliometric analysis, scientometrics and metasynthesis to investigate Internet of things applications in smart buildings. The study identified Internet of things clusters and applications for smart building design and construction.

Approaches to scientometric evaluation of the work of reasearch teams

Abstract. Personality assessments are administered for a variety of purposes among different groups of qualified personnel in a wide range of practice settings, including the educational and scientific fields. There is strong evidence of the usefulness of specific personality tests in these settings, especially using a multiparameter assessment system. However, there are no unified guidelines that form the basis for current personality assessment practice. The absence of these guidelines may contribute to increased inconsistencies in the formation of work teams for research projects by research managers. The aim of the article is to form the main methods for assessing the results of scientific activity of scientific teams, used in Ukraine, with identifying their advantages and disadvantages. Adequate assessment of the effectiveness of scientific teams and individual scientists is a key task for building a rating of both the scientist himself and the scientific institution in which he has affiliation. The methodology of the research is based on the principle of systematicity, a comparative analysis of evaluation criteria has been carried out. Scientific novelty. The article considers the principles, methods and indicators of scientometric evaluation of information processes in science and evaluation of publication activity of individuals and scientific teams; analyzes the main criteria for assessing the prospects of scientific directions, evaluation of the effectiveness of scientific organizations, their departments and individual employees; shows the means of accounting additional information; proposes criteria for evaluating the work of scientific teams and methods of assessing each of the criteria. Conclusions. It has been determined that the transition to specific quantitative assessments will require a clearer formalization of the above criteria, as well as the formation of unambiguous algorithms for their application. A proposal has been made to evaluate the work of a scientific unit as a scientific team, the composition of which can be interdepartmental or international, and possible criteria for evaluating its work have been considered. A proposal has been made to introduce different scales of evaluation for theoretical and applied areas of science. This approach is a generalization of the global and domestic experience of evaluating the work of scientific teams. Keywords: research team, evaluation criteria, scientometrics, citation index, h-index, expertise.

Emerging Trends of Ergonomic Risk Assessment in Construction Safety Management: A Scientometric Visualization Analysis

Ergonomic risk assessment is critical for identifying working posture hazardous to the health of construction workers. Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are predominant non-fatal injuries in the construction industry owing to manual handling activities and poor working conditions. However, there is a lack of scientific synopsis aiming to better understand the emerging research focus in this field. To fill the research gap, this study performed a scientometric evaluation of the bibliometric data on ergonomic risk assessment from the Web of Science database using VOSviewer software. The purpose of this study is to analyze the co-occurrence network of keywords, co-authorship network, most active countries, and the sources of publication. The results indicate that research related to risk assessment in construction has fluctuating growth, peaking in 2020 with significant advancements in the USA, China, and Canada. WMSDs, risk factors, construction workers, and ergonomics are hot research topics in this field. Furthermore, the research gaps of previous studies and suggestions for future research have been provided to bridge the knowledge gap. We believe that this scientometric review provides useful reference points for early-stage researchers as well as beneficial in-depth information to experienced practitioners and scholars in the construction industry.

A bibliometric analysis of cold spray coating process using VOSviewer

A bibliometric analysis of cold spray coating process using VOSviewer

Scientometric evaluation of trends and global characteristics of published research on occupational public health

The objective of this scientometric study was to assess the global trends and characteristics of published occupational health research from 2016 to 2020. The SciVal tool (Elsevier) was used to perform the corresponding bibliometric analyses such as the Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI), Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP), CiteScore, and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR). Most of the manuscripts (46.5%) had national collaboration, with an average of 6.1 citations per paper. However, only 71 manuscripts (5.4%) presented single authorship (without collaboration). It was found that 486 manuscripts related to occupational health were published in Q2 journals (top 26-50%). Scientific publications on occupational health have increased remarkably worldwide, especially in Europe, and have mainly been published in Q1 and Q2 journals with a total of 292 and 289 scientific manuscripts in 2019 and 2020, respectively.

Plant Resistance to Fungal Pathogens: Bibliometric Analysis and Visualization.

Plants are susceptible to fungal pathogen infection, threatening plant growth and development. Researchers worldwide have conducted extensive studies to address this issue and have published numerous articles on the subject, but they lack a scientometric evaluation. This study analyzed international research on the topic “Plant resistance to fungal pathogens” between 2008 and 2021, using the core database of the Web of Science (WoS). By searching the subject words “Plants”, “Disease Resistance”, and “Fungal Pathogens”, we received 6687 articles. Bibliometric visualization software analyzes the most published countries, institutions, journals, authors, the most cited articles, and the most common keywords. The results show that the number of articles in the database has increased year by year, with the United States and China occupying the core positions, accounting for 46.16% of the total published articles worldwide. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is the main publishing organization. Wang Guoliang is the author with the most published articles, and the Frontiers in Plant Science ranks first in published articles. The research on plant anti-fungal pathogens is booming, and international exchanges and cooperation need to be further strengthened. This paper summarizes five possible research ideas, from fungal pathogens, gene editing technology, extraction of secondary metabolites from plants as anti-fungal agents, identification of related signal pathways, fungal molecular databases, and development of nanomaterials, to provide data for related research.

Self-healing concrete: A scientometric analysis-based review of the research development and scientific mapping

This study performed a scientometric evaluation of the bibliometric data on self-healing concrete (SHC) in order to determine its major components. Manual review articles are inadequate in their capability to connect diverse areas of the literature in a systematic and ordered manner. Current research's most difficult parts include scientific mapping, co-occurrence, and co-citation. The Scopus search engine was utilized to locate and collect the necessary information for the investigation. During the data review, the important publishing sources, assessment of keywords, prolific authors based on citations and publications, most-cited articles, and areas actively engaged in SHC research are identified. VOSviewer was used to examine the literature records from 1294 relevant publications, which comprised abstract, citation, bibliographic, funding, keyword, and other data. In addition, the limitations associated with the use of SHC in the building industry were investigated, as well as potential solutions to these limitations. Due to the quantitative and graphical description of participating nations and researchers, this study can aid academics in developing joint projects and disseminating new ideas and approaches.

The Philosophy of Sport and Physical Education: Four Decade Publication Trends via Scientometric Evaluation

The study purpose was to look into the production of scientific publications on the Philosophy of Sports and Physical Education.&#x0D; Materials and methods. Scopus and Web of Science databases and various bibliometric indicators such as global publication trends, most active authors, number of citations, and author keywords were used to collect publications.&#x0D; Results. A total of 1103 publications on the philosophy of sport and physical education were found from 1981 to 2021. This review used data in comma-separated values (CSV) format for Scopus, which was then exported to Microsoft Excel and text documents in WoS format, as well as ScientoPy software. The research findings provide information that, from 1981 to 2021, publications experienced a fluctuating trend in quantity. Starting in 2016, publications have reached double digits, with the number of publications reaching 71 documents. The United States is listed as the most productive country with a number of published documents as high as 226 academic scientific works. Ryall, E., University of Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, became the most prolific author with a total of 33 publications. The Department of Philosophy in the United States is at the forefront of publications with 39 documents.&#x0D; Conclusions. A number of limitations in this study are unavoidable. First, the research method used by researchers is not completely perfect, including how to find documents, categorize documents, and document provider databases, which cannot be ignored. Researchers believe that this scientometric research provides important information about future research directions in the philosophy of sport and physical education.

Exploring the frontiers of sustainable livelihoods research within grassland ecosystem: A scientometric analysis

Grassland degradation has become a global social–ecological problem, which seriously limits the sustainability of indigenous people’s livelihoods. Bibliometrics, a type of analysis based on the Science Citation Index—Expanded (SCI-E), was therefore performed to explore the research trends and focus areas of studies on sustainable livelihoods (SLs). We conducted an in-depth analysis of 489 research publications and their 25,144 references from 1991 to 2020. The results show that only few papers have been published, but the number of countries and research institutions involved shows an overall imbalance. We identified eight main clusters based on keyword co-occurrence, these being studies the content of which is an important representation of current research directions in this topic. The document co-citation analysis revealed 10 research clusters, representing the frontiers of research. Clusters included the following topics: NPP (Net Primary Productivity) dynamics, global change, ecological restoration, risk indicators, livelihood strategies, smallholder systems, drought relief, sustainable land management and common pool resources. We reviewed and interpreted these clusters in depth with a view to provide an up-to-date account of the dynamics of this research. As the first scientometric evaluation of research on sustainable livelihoods in grassland ecosystems, this study provides several theoretical and practical implications for global poverty eradication research, which are of great scientific value for global sustainable development.

Junk journals: Scientometrics vs Science

The social organization of the Russian scientific community is such that many established ethical standards conflict with the real research practice. Using exclusively scientometric approaches to assessing scientific achievements leads to the fact that the quantitative indicators of this assessment prevail over the true results of research activity. The paper aims to reveal organizational problems associated with the interaction with junk journals that result in ‘clogging’ and ‘emptying’ objective scientific knowledge about the modern world. The theoretical basis of the study includes scientometric approaches to evaluating publication activity. Statistical methods were used to analyse the development and spread of unscrupulous journals and junk scientific conferences; the methods of expert assessments and content analysis were also applied. The information base is the corpus of leading Russian and foreign researchers’ works on scientometric evaluation of publications and the use of special methods of bibliometric analysis. The multiplicity of fraud issues in science still unresolved and the palliative measures taken make it possible to assess the harmfulness of scientometric formalism from a new perspective. The main features of junk journals are identified: lack of peer review, international collaboration and target audience; multidisciplinarity; demand-based journal volumes; a short publication cycle, etc. In the article, we assess the dynamics and spread of such journals in Russian science, identify effective measures to counteract law-quality publications, such as retraction and a combination of altmetric and bibliometric methods for evaluating studies. Another focus of analysis is to describe the practice of junk conferences and provide criteria for their identification.

Comparative study of science evaluation practices

PurposeGiven the magnitude of the literature, a researcher must be selective of research papers and publications in general. In other words, only papers that meet strict standards of academic integrity and adhere to reliable and credible sources should be referenced. The purpose of this paper is to approach this issue from the prism of scientometrics according to the following research questions: Is it necessary to judge the quality of scientific production? How do we evaluate scientific production? What are the tools to be used in evaluation?Design/methodology/approachThis paper presents a comparative study of scientometric evaluation practices and tools. A systematic literature review is conducted based on articles published in the field of scientometrics between 1951 and 2022. To analyze data, the authors performed three different aspects of analysis: usage analysis based on classification and comparison between the different scientific evaluation practices, type and level analysis based on classifying different scientometric indicators according to their types and application levels and similarity analysis based on studying the correlation between different quantitative metrics to identify similarity between them.FindingsThis comparative study leads to classify different scientific evaluation practices into externalist and internalist approaches. The authors categorized the different quantitative metrics according to their types (impact, production and composite indicators), their levels of application (micro, meso and macro) and their use (internalist and externalist). Moreover, the similarity analysis has revealed a high correlation between several scientometric indicators such as author h-index, author publications, citations and journal citations.Originality/valueThe interest in this study lies deeply in identifying the strengths and weaknesses of research groups and guides their actions. This evaluation contributes to the advancement of scientific research and to the motivation of researchers. Moreover, this paper can be applied as a complete in-depth guide to help new researchers select appropriate measurements to evaluate scientific production. The selection of evaluation measures is made according to their types, usage and levels of application. Furthermore, our analysis shows the similarity between the different indicators which can limit the overuse of similar measures.